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Beryl Var Bixbyite

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Beryl Var Bixbyite

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Description
Locality: 
Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Lovely red beryl crystal in white rhyolite. Excellent colour, transparency and sharp termination, great contrast with the white mother rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White

Bixbyite

Formula: 
Mn3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Maynard's claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA...

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